Agenda

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Morning:               Travel—Registration—Check in (Doubletree Hotel, Downtown Orlando)

12 Noon- 1:45 p.m. (Zora Event) International Luncheon at Rollins College
                                      Speaker: Her Excellency Ambassador Harriet Elam-Thomas
2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. International Round Table #4 Curated by the WCM
(Rollins College)
Convener:   The Honorable Johnny Ford, Founder, WCM
Greetings: The Honorable Ed Jones, President, WC
The Honorable Dr. Maxime R. Leconte
President, Leconte University of Haiti, and WCM Board Member
The Honorable David Allen
Mayor,   Prairie View, Texas
The Honorable N.Y. Nathiri
Zora Festival
Featuring: His Excellency Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi,
Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments, Africa (UCLGA)
“One Voice for the Cities of Africa”
The Honorable Oliver Carabali Banguero
Mayor, Cauca, Colombia
“One Voice for the Cities of South America”
The Honorable Francis Bertrand
         WCM Vice President for Caribbean Affairs
“One Voice for the Cities of the Caribbean”
   Her Excellency Ambassador Arikana Chihombori Quao, MD
African Union Mission
“Building an Africa That We Want; Africa is Open for Business”
Dr. Zienzi, and Dr. Dennis Dillon,
   Pastors of RISE Church,
“Door of Return to Africa Movement. After 400 years,
Doing business with Africa”
   Dr. Ron Daniels,
Author at Institute of the Black World 21st Century
“Door of Return to Africa Movement, After 400 years
Doing business with Africa”

4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. International VIP Reception at Rollins College :   “TAIWAN NIGHT”
                                     Welcome by: Eatonville, Orlando, Orange County, Zora, and Rollins College Officials
                                     Presentation of Resolution of Support and Cooperation to the Reception Host:                                           The Honorable David K. C. Chien, Director General,
                                     Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Miami (TECO)

Thursday, January 31, 2019

“Historic Black Colleges and Historic Black Towns Day”
(Town and Gown Day)

7:00 a.m.-8:00 a. m.   HBTSA Board Meeting & Election of Officers (DoubleTree Hotel)
Special Guest: Cathy Hughes, “The Piney Woods Story”
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. WCM Board Meeting & Election of Officers (DoubleTree Hotel)

9:00 a.m.- 9:30 p.m. “One Voice for the Cities and Local Governments of the World”
                                                                              Organizing Co-Chairs:
                                     The Honorable Johnny Ford,                    His Excellency Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi,
                                       Secretary General, WCM                                 Secretary General, UCLGA

                     The new historic organization: “United Cities and Local Governments of the World” (UCLGW)

The Official Collaboration MOU Signing Ceremony
For the UCLGW

Organizing Members

                                              The World Conference of Mayors, Inc. (WCM)
                                               The Honorable Mayor Ed Jones, President

                                               United Cities and Local Governments, Africa (UCLGA)
                                               His Excellency Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General

                                               National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBCLEO)
                                               The Honorable De’Keither Stamps, President

                                               Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance, Inc. (HBTSA)
                                               The Honorable Johnny Ford, Founding President

                                                National Policy Alliance (NPA)
                                                The Honorable Linda Haithcox Taylor, Executive Director

                                                Blacks In Government (BIG)
                                                The Honorable Doris P. Sartor, President
                                                Darlene Young, Board Chair

   International Black Broadcasters Association (IBBA)
                                                The Honorable Rob Neal, President

                                                 One Africa
                                                The Honorable Alhousseynou Ba

9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. “Laying the Foundation for Building a Bridge of Collaboration Between
Africa, the U.S., and the world”
Welcome: The Honorable Johnny Ford,
Founder WCM
The Honorable Eddie Cole,
Mayor of Eatonville, FL
Remarks by Collaborators: The Honorable Ed Jones,
President, WCM
His Excellency, Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi,
Secretary General, UCLGA
The Honorable, Fanny Moussokoura Chantal
Mayor of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
  The Honorable Daouda NIANG,
  Mayor, City of Rufisque, Senegal
  The Honorable Aly LO,
Mayor , City of Taiba Ndiay, Senegal
Depute, Vice-President, The National Assembly
The Honorable Phillippe Akoa
Cameroonian Delegation
General Manager, FEICOM
The Honorable De’Keither Stamps
President, NBCLEO
The Honorable Dr. Doris P. Sartor
President, BIG, and
The Honorable Darlene Young,
Chair of the Board, BIG
The Honorable Oliver Carabali Banguero
Mayor of Cauca, Colombia
The Honorable Dr. Maxime R. Leconte
President, Leconte University of Haiti
The Honorable Francis Bertrand,
WCM VP, Caribbean Affairs

12:00 NOON-2:00 p.m.: Town and Gown Luncheon (HBCU/NPA/HBTSA/NAFEO)
   Historic March from Eatonville City Hall
                                                         to Macedonia Baptist Church (Tent)

Call to Order and Welcome:
Honorable Johnny Ford, Founder, WCM & NPA
His Excellency Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General, UCLGA

                       Grace: The Honorable Reverend Dr. Darryl Johnson, WCM Chaplin

Greetings:
The Honorable Dr. Michelle Bachelor Robinson,
HBTSA VP for Educational Matters, WCM Higher Education Advisor
  The Honorable Ed Jones, Mayor of Grambling, LA,
WCM President
The Honorable David Allen, Mayor of Prairie View
WCM Board Member
  The Honorable Frank Jackson, Former Mayor, Prairie View, TX,
WCM Historian, Assistant Vice Chancellor for State Relations,
Texas A&M University Systems
The Honorable De’Keither Stamps, Councilman, Jackson MS
President National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBCLEO)

The Honorable Johnny Ford:
Introduction of Dr. William Bell,
President & CEO, Casey Family Foundation
   Major Conference Sponsor, and WCM 2019 Honoree
“Greetings to HBCU Presidents and Students”
  Presentation: WCM Resolution to Dr. Bell by The Honorable Ed Jones

The Honorable Darlene Young, Board Chair, Blacks In Government (BIG):
Introduction of Honorable Dr. Doris P. Sartor,
President, Blacks In Government (BIG)
“Greetings to HBCU Presidents and Students”
  Presentation: WCM Resolution to Dr. Sartor by The Honorable Ed Jones

The Honorable Johnny Ford: Introduction of Dr. Lezli Baskerville, Esq.,
President and CEO, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
“Equal Opportunity for HBCUs”
  Presentation: WCM Resolution to Dr. Baskerville by The Honorable Ed Jones

The Honorable Johnny Ford, HBTSA President:
The Appointment and the establishment of the official HBTSA/HBCU Collaboration
Committee, comprised of the HBCUs and the HBTSA representatives attending
The World Conference of Mayors, 2019 Collaboration Conference:

Organizing Committee:
  The Honorable Mayor Ed Jones, Chair, President, WCM, Grambling, LA
  The Honorable Dr. Michelle Robinson, Vice Chair,
HBTSA VP, Ed. Matters, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
The Honorable Frank Jackson, Vice Chancellor, Texas A&M, Prairie View, TX
The Honorable Dr. Keith Lindsey, President, Knoxville College, Knoxville, TN
The Honorable Willie Crossley, President, Piney Woods School, Piney Woods, MS
The Honorable Mayor David Allen, HBTSA VP, Membership, Prairie View, TX
The Honorable Darry Johnson, HBTSA VP for Technology, Mound Bayou, MS
The Honorable Dr. Maxime R. Leconte, President , Leconte University, Haiti
The Honorable Mayor Alberta McCrory, WCM VP, Youth, Hobson City, AL
The Honorable Jareese Stroud, Morehouse School of Medicine, Satcher Institute, Atlanta, GA

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 7 T’s Workshops
1.  Trust:
The Honorable Commissioner Samuel Ings,
Orlando City Commissioner
The Honorable DeKeither Stamps, Councilman, Jackson, MS.
President, of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBCLEO)
The Honorable Lewis Johnson, Councilman, Grenada, MS,
WCM VP for State Chapters, and Chair of the MS State Chapter of The WCM
Everton Morris, Esq,(Invited)
Deputy Executive Director,
African American Mayors Association, (AAMA)
The Honorable Adama DIOUF,
President of The Association of Local Elected leaders of Senegal

2.  Trade:
The Honorable Deborah Delgado,
Council Lady, Hattiesburg, MS,
WCM VP for Trust
Past President National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBCLEO)
The Honorable Francis Bertrand
WCM VP for Caribbean Affairs
WCM Past President
  The Honorable Allister Coward,
Executive Director, National Policy Alliance Canada
Dr. Leslie Snead, Nigerian Businessman

3. Tourism:
The Honorable Thomas Masters,
Mayor Riviera Beach, FL & WCM VP for Tourism
Mr. Solomon Herbert,
CEO,
Black Meetings and Travel, Inc.
The Honorable Tanya DeBose,
                                           HBTSA VP, Marketing
The Honorable Njong Fonyuy Donatus,
Mayor of Kumbo Council, Cameroon

4. Technology:
The Honorable Darryl Johnson,
Former Mayor, Mound Bayou, MS,
WCM VP for Technology
  Mr. Carlton Blue, Atlanta, GA,
  Electrical Engineer,
CBK Energy Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Alhousseynou Ba,
CEO One Africa, Senegal
WCM Board Member

    5. Treasury:
  The Honorable David Allen,
Mayor, Prairie View, TX
WCM Board Member
  Mr. Ron Hicks,
Director, Government Affairs, Advance America, Inc.
  Derrick Scott,
CFO & Co- Founder
Business Partners Group LLC
  The Honorable Mary Thomas, Washington, D.C.
WCM/HBTSA International Advisor
  The Honorable Abbo Wakili,
Mayor of Belel Council

6. Twin Cities:
The Honorable Alberta McCrory
Mayor, Hobson City, AL
WCM VP for Youth
The Honorable Eddie Cole,
        Mayor, Eatonville, FL
   WCM VP for Twin Cities,
Mme AMOM Jeanette,
Senior Management, FEICOM
Cameroonian Delegation

7.  Training:
The Honorable Jimmie Gardner
Mayor, Prichard, AL,
President, The Alabama Conference of Black Mayors
WCM Board
The Honorable Dwayne Crawford, Atlanta, GA,
Executive Director,
National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
   The Honorable Anthony Smith, Louisville. KY,
WCM Corporate Roundtable
President, CEO, Cities United
Dr. Timothy Roberts, Oakland, CA
Board of Directors, MAN2MAN,
Young Adult Men’s Mentoring Ministry
The Honorable Kevin Anderson, Washington DC,
WCM Corporate Roundtable Member
Vice President, EverFi
  The Honorable Amadou Sene NIANG,
Counseiller, City of Rufisque, Senegal

6:30 p.m. - 9:00p.m. International Human Trafficking Reception
Majestic Event Center, 801 North John Young Parkway
Hosted by: Ms. Denise Lewis, Founder & CEO of Human Trafficking,
JV’s Foundation,
WCM, Ad Hoc Human Trafficking Committee Chair

Special Guests: The Honorable Samuel Ings, Orlando City Commissioner,
      The Honorable Mayor, Ed Jones, WCM President,
His Excellency Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General USLGA
Dr. William Bell, Casey Family Foundation
The Honorable De’Keither Stamps, President, NBCLEO
All WCM/HBTSA Conference Participants

Friday, February 1, 2019

10:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon: Opening Session, (DoubleTree Hotel)
Convener: The Honorable Johnny Ford,
WCM Founder and Conference Coordinator,
                                    Prayer: The Honorable Mayor Alberta McCrory, Hobson City, AL
WCM Vice President for Youth Affairs
   Greetings: The Honorable Mayor Ed Jones, Grambling, LA
  WCM President, and a Founding Co-Chair, HBTSA
  His Excellency, Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi,
Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments, Africa (UCLGA)
  The Honorable Eddie Cole,
Mayor of Eatonville, FL ,
WCM VP for Twin Cities
  The Honorable Samuel Ings,
County Commissioner, Orlando, FL
WCM VP Training
The Honorable Jerry Demings,
Mayor Orange County, FL
The Honorable N.Y. Nathiri,
Executive Director, Preserve Eatonville Community, Inc.
(P.E.C.) and HBTSA VP Cultural Heritage Tourism
The Honorable Mayor Jimmie Gardner,
Mayor of Prichard, AL
President, of the Alabama Conference of Black Mayors Association (ACBM)
The Honorable DeKeither Stamps,
Councilman, Jackson, MS.
President, of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials (NBCLEO)
Her Excellency Arikana Ambassador Chihombori Quao, MD,
African Union Mission in Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Allister Coward, Executive Director,
National Policy Alliance, (NPA)Canada
The Honorable Dr. Maxime R. Leconte, President Leconte University, Haiti
WCM Board Member
The Honorable Francis Bertrand,
WCM VP for Caribbean Affairs
The Honorable Darlene Young,
Board Chair, Blacks In Government (BIG)
   The Honorable Dr. P. Doris Sartor:
President, Blacks In Government (BIG)
The Honorable Cleo Washington, Montgomery, AL,
AT&T, AL Director of Governmental Relations, (Broadband)
WCM Corporate Roundtable
“The Importance of Broadband in the Development of our Cities”

12:00 Noon-2:00 p.m. Health Disparities Panel Luncheon (DoubleTree Hotel)
  Convener: The Honorable Johnny Ford
                                Speakers:
  Tony Zezzo,
                                          Executive Vice President for Marketing and Sales
                                           OraSure Technologies
                                           “The Importance of Testing for HIV and HEP C”
                                           The Honorable C. Virginia Fields,
                                           Former Manhattan, NY Borough President,
President and CEO,
National Black Leadership Commission on Health (AIDS) (NBLCA)
“The 30th Anniversary of Fight Against HIV”
The Honorable Dr. Bambi Gaddist
Executive Director,
Joseph H. Neal Wellness Center, Columbia, SC
“Health and Wellness”
  The Honorable Kisha B. Holder, PhD, MSCR
Interim Director
Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine
“Behavioral Health”

The Honorable Dr. David Ehrenkrantz
Philadelphia Global Group
Wyncote, Pennsylvania
WCM Board
“Public Health Issues”
                                             The Honorable Ivan Sims,
WCM Medical Advisor,
President for Stroke Free Zone
“Stroke Prevention”
Dr. Deborah Wafer, (Invited)
Senior Marketing Manager,
Gilead Sciences, Inc. Biotechnology Company
“Finally, A Cure for Hep C”

2:00 p.m. -3:00 p.m. Global Health Networking and
Stroke Screening: The Honorable Ivan Sims, WCM Medical Advisor

3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. International Black Broadcasters Panel (Doubletree Hotel)
President Rob Neal IBBA, Presiding
  “Opportunities in the Broadcasting Industry”

5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Reception at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
(4455 Magnolia Ave., Orlando, FL)
  Hosted by The Honorable Samuel Ings, Orlando City Commissioner
Guest of Honor, The Honorable Cathy Hughes,
Founder, Chairperson of Urban One, Inc. and Granddaughter of Laurence C. Jones,
Founder of Piney Woods School, Piney Woods, MS

6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Reception Program at the Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
     Presentations to The Honorable Cathy Hughes by:
                                           The Honorable Orlando Commissioner Samuel Ings
                                           The City of Orlando, FL
                                           The Honorable Mayor Eddie Cole
                                          Town of Eatonville, FL
                                           The Honorable Jerry Demings,
                                           Mayor, Orange County, FL
                                           The Honorable Willie Crossley,
                                           President, Piney Woods, School,
Piney Woods, MS
                                           The Honorable Rob Neal,
President, International Black Broadcasters Association, Inc. (IBBA)
                                           The Honorable N.Y. Nathiri
Zora Festival, Eatonville, FL
The Honorable Mayor Ed jones,
President, WCM
  The Honorable Johnny Ford,
  President, HBTSA
  Recognition of Other Outstanding Women of Color:
Her Excellency, Ambassador Arikana Chihombori Quao, MD,
  African Union Mission, Chair, Washington, D C.
The Honorable Dr. Zienzi Dillon, CEO, Carmel Global Capital
  The Honorable Linda Haithcox Taylor,
Executive Director, National Policy Alliance (NPA)
The Honorable Dr. Lezlli Baskerville, Esq., President and CEO
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
The Honorable Ms. Antionett Malevauex, Casey Family Foundation
The Honorable Dr. Deborah Wafer, Senior Marketing Manager, Gilead Science, Inc.
The Honorable Darlene Young, Board Chair, Blacks In Government (BIG)
The Honorable Dr. Doris P. Sartor, President, Blacks in Government (BIG)
The Honorable Alberta McCrory, Mayor, Hobson City, AL, WCM VP for Youth Affairs
The Honorable N.Y. Nathiri, Executive Director, Preserve Eatonville Community, Inc.
  (P.E.C.) and HBTSA VP Cultural Heritage Tourism
The Honorable Alice Walker, Nationally and Internationally renowned Author
The Honorable Dr. Michelle Robinson, WCM & HBTSA Higher Education Advisor
The Honorable Maye Saint Julien, Member HBTSA & Eatonville Historian
The Honorable Nancy Dixon Saxon, Member HBTSA,
Greater Fairmount Heights Historical Society
The Honorable US Representative, Val Demings, Florida 10th District
The Honorable Deborah Gray, Member HBTSA,
Managing Director, Tuskegee History Center
The Honorable Tanya Debose, HBTSA VP for Marketing,
Executive Director, Independence Heights Redevelopment Council
The Honorable Dr. Eulah Peterson, Mayor, Mound Bayou, MS
The Honorable June Ings, First Lady,
The Honorable Orlando County Commissioner Samuel Ings
The Honorable Antionette Elong Mbassi, First Lady,
The Honorable Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General UCLGA
The Honorable Mary Thomas, HBTSA VP for International Affairs
The Honorable Johnnie Harrison, Treasurer, HBTSA, Office Manager, WCM/HBTSA
The Honorable Dyann Robinson, Secretary, HBTSA & Secretary General, WCM
Founder/Director, Tuskegee Repertory Theatre, Inc.
  The Honorable Joyce London Ford, Chief US Magistrate Judge,
Boston Court, Retired

     Presentation: Resolution of Honor in Remembrance of
The Late, Honorable Abraham Gordon, one of the Founders of The WCM, and Former Mayor of Eatonville, Florida, presented to Mrs. Gloria Gordon, former First Lady of Eatonville.

SWEARING IN OF WCM/HBTSA Officers:
The Honorable Judge Malcolm Perry,
“A proud graduate of Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee Inst., Alabama”

                                                                           CLOSING CHALLENGE
His Excellency Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi,
Secretary General,
United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLGA)

The Honorable, Samuel Ings
Orlando City Commissioner

The Honorable Johnny Ford,
WCM Founder

8:00 p.m. -9:30 p.m. Play: “Booker T’s Towns” by Tuskegee Repertory Theatre, Inc.
   At the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater
Sponsored by:
The World Conference of Mayors, Inc., the Historic Black Towns and Settlements, Inc.
The Andrew Mellon Foundation, Commission Samuel, Ings,
The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, The TRT 2019 Circle of Friends

Written and Directed by The Honorable Dyann Robinson,
Founder/Director, Tuskegee Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Secretary, HBTSA, and Secretary General, WCM

            "Booker T's Towns" is dedicated to The Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance, Inc. (HBTSA), a steadily growing organization founded in 2014,of historically all Black towns, whose mission is to preserve, teach, pass on the history and culture of all Black towns founded at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. The founding members of the HBTSA are Tuskegee Institute, AL, Hobson City, AL, Eatonville Florida, Grambling, LA, and Mound Bayou, FL. The Honorable Johnny Ford, Former Mayor of Tuskegee, AL, and one of the founding Mayors of the HBTSA, nicknamed the original towns, "Booker T's Towns", because they all were supported in some way by Dr. Booker T. Washington.
   In this musical drama, representatives of the 5 founding towns of the HBTSA gather in 1915, in Boston, Massachusetts, at the 15th annual meeting of the National Negro Business League, to share their history, and to salute and thank their mentor, the League’s Founder, Dr. Booker T. Washington.

Saturday, February 2, 2019

“Eatonville, The Town That Freedom Built

8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast,
(Denton Johnson Community Center, 400 E Ruffel Street, Eatonville FL)

9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. National Policy Alliance (NPA) Presentation:
The Honorable Linda Haithcox Taylor,
Executive Director, National Policy Alliance (NPA)
The Honorable Tanya DeBose,
HBTSA VP for Marketing

10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Eatonville Town & Congressional Hall Meeting,

Co Hosts: Honorable Eddie Cole, Mayor of Eatonville, FL,
US Representative, Honorable Val Demings, (10th District of Florida)

Greetings: The Honorable Johnny Ford, HBTSA
His Excellency Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi, UCLGA
The Honorable Mayor Ed Jones, WCM
The Honorable De’Keither Stamps, NBCLEO

1:00 p.m. On Stage, Zora Festival,
Introduction of Dignitaries by:
The Honorable Eddie Cole, Mayor of Eatonville, FL,
The Honorable Johnny Ford, WCM/HBTSA/NPA/NBLCA
The Honorable N.Y. Nathiri,
  Executive Director, Association to Preserve Eatonville, and
Director of the Zora Festival
Special Guest: Cathy Hughes, Founder, Chairperson, Urban One, Inc.
Zora Festival Live Entertainment:
  Including, “Young James Brown”. Tony Wilson, WCM, Music Ambassador

6:00 p.m. (Zora Event) Closing Banquet,
(University of Central Florida, Pegasus Ballroom)
Featuring renowned author Alice Walker, (“The Color Purple”) (Ticketed Event)

Sunday, February 3, 2019

                       Hotel Checkout and Travel Date